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Place of Birth: Pinar del Rio, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
About Alay Soler
- Alain "Alay" Soler (born October 9, 1979) is a former baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets in 2006. Soler attended high school at Espa Armani Arenado and played baseball for four years.
- He graduated from Nancy Uranga University with a physical education degree. Soler played baseball for his country in the World University Games in Cuba in 1998 and in Italy in 2002.
- He also participated in the World Youth Games in 1996 and was a teammate of José Contreras on Pinar del Río in the Cuban National Series.
- He later played as a member of the Cuban national team. Soler defected from Cuba in November, 2003, receiving political asylum in the Dominican Republic.
- He pitched for Leones del Escogido in the Dominican Winter Baseball League in 2004, recording a 0–2 record and a 5.28 ERA in five games.
- In 15.1 innings, he allowed 14 hits, nine runs, with six walks and 23 strikeouts.
- He recorded 10 strikeouts and permitted one hit in 5.0 innings of work on October 26 vs.
- Estrellas Orientales.
- Soler averaged 13.5 strikeouts per nine innings pitched. In September, 2004, Soler signed a three-year, $2.8 million major league contract with the New York Mets.
- However, he was unable to obtain a visa for entry into the United States until November, 2005.
- He began his career as a Met with the Single-A St.
- Lucie Mets in April, 2006, but was quickly promoted to the Double-A Binghamton Mets in May, 2006. Soler made his major league debut as a starter at Shea Stadium on May 24, 2006.
- He gave up two earned runs, five hits and four walks in six innings with no decision as the Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 5–4.
- In Soler's fourth career start (June 10, 2006) he hurled his first complete game shutout, a two-hitter against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- Through the first half of 2006, Soler posted a 2–3 record with a 6.00 ERA. On July 3, 2006, Soler was sent back to the Norfolk Tides after a poor performance the night before against the New York Yankees. Soler was given his unconditional release by the Mets on March 12, 2007.
- He had pitched unimpressively during spring training.
- On March 19, 2007, he signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- At the beginning of the season, Soler was assigned to the Pirates Double-A affiliate, the Altoona Curve.
- He went 1–1 with a 6.00 ERA in 14 appearances before being released on June 28, 2007. Soler signed with the Houston Astros in April 2008, but was released.
- Soler then pitched for the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League.
- He announced his retirement on September 12, 2008, but in 2009 he would pitch in seven games for the Newark Bears.
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